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| airline        = Ankair
| logo           = Ankair logo.png
| logo_size      = 250
| fleet_size     = 3
| destinations   =
| IATA           = -
| ICAO           = VVF
| callsign       = WORLDFOCUS
| parent         = Dünyaya Bakış Hava Taşımacılığı A.Ş.
| company_slogan =
| founded        = 2005
| ceased         = 2008
| headquarters   = [[Istanbul]], Turkey
| key_people     = Yavuz Cizmeci
| hubs           = [[Istanbul Airport]]
| secondary_hubs = 
| focus_cities   = 
| frequent_flyer = 
| lounge         = 
| alliance       = 
| website        = http://www.ankair.com/
}}

'''Anka Air''', stylised as '''Ankair''', is a [[charter airline]] headquartered in [[Istanbul]], Turkey and based at [[Istanbul Airport]]. Founded in 2005 as '''World Focus Airlines''', the company changed its corporate image to its current form in February 2008 as a result of publicity surrounding the crash of [[Atlasjet Flight 4203]] on 30 November 2007.

The airline operated charter flights to Europe and the [[Middle East]].

== History ==
[[File:World Focus Airlines logo.jpg|right|thumb|World Focus Airlines logo]]
[[File:World Focus Airlines MD-83 Menten.jpg|right|thumb|World Focus Airlines [[McDonnell Douglas MD-83]]]]
The airline was established as World Focus Airlines on 27 September 2005, beginning operations with 2 [[Airbus A310]] [[aircraft]]. Due to negative publicity after the crash of [[Atlasjet Flight 4203]] on 30 November 2007, which was operated by World Focus Airlines, the company changed its name to Anka Air and branding to Ankair in February 2008. Anka is in reference to the [[Turkish language|Turkish]] word for [[Phoenix (mythology)|phoenix]], ''anka kuşu''.

==Accidents and incidents==
*An [[MD-83]] which the company [[lease]]d to and operated for [[AtlasGlobal|AtlasJet]] crashed on 30 November 2007 shortly before landing at [[Süleyman Demirel Airport]] in [[Isparta]]. The crash of [[Atlasjet Flight 4203]] killed all 57 people on board. The cause of the accident is still undetermined.

==Suspension of Operations==
In July 2008, the airline was forced to suspend operations after it lost its operating certificate. Turkish aviation regulations require a minimum of three aircraft per carrier to retain an air operator certificate and Ankair only operated two [[MD-83]]s.

==Fleet==
[[File:Ankair McDonnell Douglas MD-83 take off at Istanbul Airport.jpg|thumb|Ankair [[McDonnell Douglas MD-83]] tail-striking/taking off at [[Atatürk International Airport]] (February 2008)]]
Ankair's fleet consisted of:

*2 [[McDonnell Douglas MD-80|McDonnell Douglas MD-83]]
*1 [[Boeing 747|Boeing 747-200]] (Leased from Iran Air Cargo)

==External links==
{{Portal|Aviation}}
{{commons category|World Focus Airlines}}
*[http://www.ankair.com/ Ankair official website]

{{Airlines of Turkey}}

[[Category:Defunct airlines of Turkey]]
[[Category:Airlines established in 2005]]
[[Category:Airlines disestablished in 2008]]
[[Category:Defunct charter airlines of Turkey]]